- Guo, Ling;
- Yang, Qiang;
- Wei, Runxiu;
- Zhang, Wenjun;
- Yin, Na;
- Chen, Yuling;
- Xu, Chao;
- Li, Changrui;
- Feng, Min;
- Li, Yuanpei;
- Carney, Randy
Despite improvements in medical and surgical therapies, a significant portion of patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) are considered as no option for revascularization. In this work, a nitric oxide (NO)-boosted and activated nanovesicle regeneration kit (n-BANK) is constructed by decorating stem cell-derived nanoscale extracellular vesicles with NO nanocages. Our results demonstrate that n-BANKs could store NO in endothelial cells for subsequent release upon pericyte recruitment for CLI revascularization. Notably, n-BANKs enable endothelial cells to trigger eNOS activation and form tube-like structures. Subsequently, eNOS-derived NO robustly recruits pericytes to invest nascent endothelial cell tubes, giving rise to mature blood vessels. Consequently, n-BANKs confer complete revascularization in female mice following CLI, and thereby achieve limb preservation and restore the motor function. In light of n-BANK evoking pericyte-endothelial interactions to create functional vascular networks, it features promising therapeutic potential in revascularization to reduce CLI-related amputations, which potentially impact regeneration medicine.